Pounding-up machine.



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POUNDING-UP MAOHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1904l 1,019,067. v ,YPatented M3115, 1912.

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UNITED STATES TTENT oEEioE.

RONALD F.

C'FELY, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T'O UNITED SHOE MACHINE YCOMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY. A CORPORATION OF NEW"V Specificationof Letters Patent.

POUNDING-UP MACHINE.

Patented Mal. 5, 1912.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, RONALD F. MCFEELY, a citizen of the -United States,residiig at Beverly, in the county of Essex and l monwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Founding-UpMachines, of which the following description,

. in connection with the accompanying draw ings, is a specification',like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in theseveral figures.

. The present invention relates to machines used in the manufacture of4boots andslices and the preferred form of the invention is they havefor their general object to force the upper material into close contactwith vuppermaterial;onfthe shoe bottom cor-- rected andl thatthe uppermaterial be flat-V ftenedand compacted lagainst the inner-sole beforevthe ,outeisole,is applied. Also the- 55'" upper material does not lieas close to the the iiinersole on the bottom of the shoe and with theside of the last adjacent to its edge, thereby smoothing and evening thesurfaces acted upon and causing 'the upper to conform accurately to theshape of the last. At certain portionsof the shoe, particularly' at thevtoe and heel, Y the upper material requires in lasting to be crimped orplaited to 1 take care vof the fullness as it is Worked into Aposition'to be fastened'to the inner'sole,` and 35' at these partsv ofthe shoe the upper materi'al is usually very bulky, comprising at thetoe the upper itself, the toe cap, the toe stifener, and the severalthicknesses of the.' 'lining materials, While -at the heel there is thethick counter or heel stiii'ene-r in addition to the upper and linings.The upper mate` rial' atthese portions of the shoe particuvlarly,therefore, forms'on the margin of the slice bottom a roughorvunevensurface foi the reception of the outersole,and sometiinnesAthe'. tacks commonly used for' 'securingA4 the'l upper temporarily-totheinnersole are not. driven fully `into the woi'kso thattheydalso' render'the bottom ofthe lasted shoe uneven. 50

It is importantthat this uneveiiness of the face of the innersole andthe side of the last as is desirable at the end of the lastingoperation, but springs away at these points' when it is bent over thesquare edge of the Jit is also apparent at the sides of many shoes. Itis essential to a perfect fitting of the shoe A to the last that theupper material be forced into Contact with the side of the last and Withthe innersoleadj acent to the edge of the shoe in order that there shallbe no slack leather at these places, and it is desirable that a Welldefined angular edge, as distinguished from a rounded edge, be formed atthe junction of the side and bottom of the lasted shoe. This sharplydefined angular edge on the lasted shoe is' verydesirable because itgreatly improves the appearance of the .shoe. Vrinkles too. aresometimes formed in the sides of the shoe near the edge as vthe upper isdrawn lover in lastinv and these need tobe smoothed out 'to pro ucc awell lasted shoe. It has heretofore been the custom to pound-up7 theshoe with a hammer for drawing the Aupperup tothe last .and levelingtheirregular surface of the upper materialv to forma more even faceaforreceiving the outersole Thehand Workman also uses Ahis hammer along theside near the edge to beat the upper material into close contact Withthe last and to 4 smooth ont any Wrinkles from this portion `.of theshoe, this operation .being termed blocking or crowning theshoe. The

poundingup and blocking `operations have -,both been hand operationsperformed by skilled Workmen, and if done with proper care addedconsiderably-to the labor cost of the shoe. Oneve'ry `importantobject ofthis forming boththe pounding-up operation and the blocking operationWit-hgreat rapidity Aand'in a better manner than heretofore has beenpossible. f Preferably the means for blocking the shoe Willbe arrangedAto'ac't upon the side of thev shoe VWhile the "pounding-up means is-inengagementv WithA a'contiguous` portion of the uppermaterial fon thebottom of the shoe, Wherebysaid Two meansshall force the upper materialinto intimate engagement, Withlthe side. ci the :last and with theinnersoleon the bottom ofv `invention is to`provide `n iechaiiism f orpervthefglastand.-inay'ralsocoperate'fer'forning -151-5 and a block'ingmeans, of means, herein shown as the carrier lever in which they aremounted, for so correlating the poundingup means and the blocking meansthat when one of them strikes the work the position of the path offurther movement of the other is determined. Preferably, as abovestated, the pounding-up means strikes the work first and determines theplane in which the 'further movement lof the blocking means against theshoe takes place. This is important because the level of the differentparts of the shoe bottom differs, the shoe bottom usually standing,highest at the ball and being lower at the shank and when thiscorrelation is insured a jack may be employed that is mounted upon afixed support and, therefo're, does not move up and down to compensatefor the differences in height of the different portions of the last.When this correlation exists the pounding-u p means will find the soleof the last and being checked thereby willV hold the blocking means atthe desired elevation with relation to the part of the work upon whichit is immediately after to operate.

A feature of t-he invention which is of great importance consists in soconstructing and arranging the pounding-up means and its actuatingmechanism' that theV poundingup means is actuated downwardly toward theshoe bottom and may also have a move- 'ment in a direction inwardly overthe shoe -bottom while it is in engagement with the work. In theillustrated embodiment of the invention the pounding-up means is mountedin a carrier. which is actuated to move the pounding-up means downwardlytoward the bottom of'the shoe for forcing -the upper material againstthe innersole,

and the pounding-up means is also arranged to move relatively toitscarrier for the purpose of forcing the upper material inwardly away fromthe edge of the innersole. The carrier shown is a-lever which isoscillated to move the poundin -up means in a curved path toward the worand the pounding-up means is movably mounted in the carrier lever andadapted to reciprocate therein as the lever oscillates, whereby thepoundingup meansy has a whi aping stroke, the arrangement being `sucthat the poundingup means moves in its carrier in a direction to forcethe upper material inwardly away from the edge ofthe innersole at thetime when, moving with its carrier, it has been' brought into engagementwith the work for forcing the upper material downwardly toward theinnersole. Preferably the 'its carrier lever in a guideway whichexpoundin'g-up meansis slidingly mounted 1n tends at an angle to thelength of the lever, whereby the pol'lnding-up means is automaticallyreciprocated in the guideway by reason of its inertia as the lever isoscillated, being moved rearwardly as the upward stroke of the lever iscompleted and its direction of movement reversed and being movedforwardly in the guideway vas the downward stroke of the lever isarrested by the engagement of the pounding-up device with the work.Means, such, for example, as a suitably arranged spring, may be cmployedfor accelerating the movement of the pounding-up means in its carrierduring its forward stroke, and the force with which the pounding-upmeans shall act in'forcing the upper inwardly away from the edge of theinnersole may 'also be changed by varying its weight. 'Preferably alsothe parts will be constructed and arranged to enable they spring toimpart to the pounding-up means a further forward movement in itscarrier as it rises from the work, thus not only insuring that the uppermaterial shall not be displaced outwardly toward the edge of theinnersole, but also tending to force the upper material fartherinwardly.

The blocking means, in the convenient embodiment of the invention hereinshown, is operated in time relation with the poundingup means and.yieldingly actuated for hammering the side of the shoe. As herein shownthe blocking means is mounted in the same carrier lever in which thepounding-up device is mounted and is similarly arranged therein, beingmounted for sliding movement in a guideway which extends at an angle tothe length of the lever, whereby the blocking means is automaticallyreciprocated with relation to the lever by reason of its'inertia as thelever is oscillated. A spring will preferably be arranged foraccelerating the movement of the blockingv means in its guideway duringits-forward stroke and the force with which it shall strike the work maybe varied by increasing or decreasing the weight of the blocking means,Preferably the machine will be so arranged and constructed that the'downioo iis

ward movement'of the lever carrying thev squarely against the side ofthe shoe.

It is an important feature of this Ainvenl tion that blocking meanscoperates with the downwardly and inwardly acting pounding-up means toshape the upper material at the junction of the side and bottom of theshoe, as here shown, forming thereon a well defined angular edge. lAnother feature of the invention consists lso in providingnovel-.mechanismfor actuating the cari" i er on.which the pounding-upand blocking, means are mounted. Preferably said Vmechanism hasprovision for adjust- V' ment whereby the extent of the movement of saidcarrierjmay be variedfor causing the .pounding-iupandblocking means'toact on the with more'or l'ess force. As herein shown means is providedunder control of the Workman Vfor adjusting'or shifting the' actuatingmechanism a't will 1for increasing or decreasing the extent of themovements of the carrier, as itis found in practice that some lshoesneed harder `pounding to pro- 1.5 duce the desired results thanother shoes y-requireI and also that some portions of the v lsame 'shoemay with advantage bev pounded ferred embodiment o the inventionprovision is made for starting and' stopping. the machine as-'awhole,asfwelljas or adjusting said actuating'.mechanism-andasingle foottreadle' is so connectedwit-h tlievstarting and stoppingmechaxiisijn.jandi.l the adjusting 'means thatv the machine' yfmay.licstarted lby `the-Iirst p crol of a movementfo'the-.treadleandrfthef:ctuatng'mechanism :,also adjusted Tora! slort stroke,andthereafter lthe furtherl movement .of thev treadle inv the.samedirection acts to adjus'tthe actuating.V mechanism for increasngtheextent of the move-i ments of the carrier, whilev a reverse movementofthe treadlecauses first 'the movements of carrier tobe shortened and"85- finally c'ause'sttief machine-,to be stopped.

Preferably alsof-the actuating mechanism is --L'F so'fconstructedandsarranged that the lowerr limitof the movement .of the carrierremains substantiallythesame in all adjustments of 40Lfsaidvactiuitingmecha/nism, v.while l the upper limit-is raisedgorjlowered asthe extent-of fill@ -muvement-f-is'-li'l1i1a'sed ori d ini-inished.`

' it wi-ii new begunaersjioa an hymnes-a `ing or diminishing the.extent'of the move' mentfsrloi the carrienor the pounding-up means amiVthe blocking means the force with which the pounding-up means is actui.A

ated downwardly toward' the last bottom 1 i will ,be Varied also thattheforce with which the pounding-'up meansf and the blocking meansareeacii moved back and forth in their guideways in the carrier-'will,be increasedor diminished likewise to jvary the action of said mea-nsrespectively inl drawing the upper inwardly away from the edge oftheinnersole and in hammering the upper against the side of the last.

A A- further feature of my invention of gieatimp'ortance consists inimproved shoe 60., supporting means, comprising a shoeholder `or jackand `a`` spindle,. the pick being so mounted on the spindle that it maybe moved relativelytheretofin.such manner that the different portions ofa slice are pre- 155 sented to the pounding-up and blocking of Fig. l.

means the point of engagement fof the pounding-up means with the shoewill always-be substantiallyv over the upper end Aoit' the spindleandthe spindlemay be mainmeans.

Still another feature of the invention consists in providing means forsmoothing from the sideof the shoe any inequalities which may exist inthe upper material after the operation of the blocking means. The meansfforsmoothing the side of the shoe is herein shown as located adjacentto the path of the` blocking and pounding-,up means in position for' theshoe to bepressed against it, Iwhen presented -.toy theblocking andpounding-11p., means, vsaid means serving as a gage or rest fordetermining the position of the .shoe and lacting to smooth the shoe asthe shoe isA turned to present its different portions to lv'thepounding-up and blocking means. In the'form lshown said smoothing means.comprises members or rests arranged on ,either side of the pa'th of thepoundinglip-and blocking means and movably mounted toy enable .them toadapt their positions to the contour of the portion of the shoe pressedagainst them. Preferably` said 'members Aor rests will ber arranged topermit the end portions of the shoe to be presented nearer to themachine than the side portions of theshoe, wherebyy 'the pounding-upmeans vmay engage the`shoe for a greater distance inwardly from its edgevat the ends than at the'side's,'fand the blocking means may act onf theend portions "ofthe shoe without '.necessarily'actingon the sideportions.

-These'and other'features of tlie invention,

yits point offsupport and Ithe 'pounding-up including vcertaindetails ofconstruction and vbroad as swellfasgspecific combinations, wil-l '6 rtheclaims.

lF1 ure '1 of the drawings, which show one orm of mechanism embodying-my in be hereinafter ldescribed and pointed out in 'vent-ion, is a sideelevation of the machine,

the 'shoe support" being in position' to present the side of the'slioeto the poundingup and blockingl devices, andthe lever carrying saiddevices-being at the lower limit of'its stroke. Fig. 2 is a perspective`view of a portion of the' actuating mechanism as 'seen from the side ofthe machine opposite to that` shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view on line 3 3 Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 ofFig. l.v Fig. 5 is a plan View of isothe head of the machine, certainportions being broken away. Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrammatic views showingthe effect produced by different adjustments of the actuating mechanism.Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a portion offthe machine, partly insec-.tio-n, showing the pounding-up and blocking. devices and the leverwhich carries said devices,` the lever beingat the upper limit ofV itsstroke and the shoe supportbeand blocking devices as the lever carryingsaid .devices approaches thevlower limit of its lstroke and thepounding-up device is about to engage the bottom of lthe shoe.A Fig. 12is aview illustrating a position of the pounding-up and blocking devicesat the time when the carrying lever has completed its downward strokeand the pounding-up device has iiattened the upper down onto theinmerso-le and is moving forwardly in its guideway for forcing t-heupper y1nvvWardly away from the edge of theinnersole, while t-heblocking device is just about to come into engagement with the upper atthe side of the shoe. Fig. 13 is a view show- A ing `the final positionof the pounding-np and blocking devices beforeA the lever rises, theblocking devicehaving advanced into 4,full engagement. with the sideofthe shoe for pressing the upper iirmly into contact with the last. Fig.14 is ay detail view,

partly in section, of the preferred form of l shoe support, which isalso shownfin. side `elevation inFigs. 1 and 8, this-view illus-,trating the horizontallyl adjustable -bar W-hichsustains the lower'endof the spindle and also illustrating the means for adjusting the lengthof the spindle. Fig.- 15 is aA sectional view on line 15--15 of Fig. .1.

` Fig. 16 is a sectional view on line 16--16 ot 19-19 of- Fig. lvievvonline 0 Fig. 14. Fig. 17 is a sectional view on line 17-17 of Fig.`14j. Fig. 18 is an enlarged side elevation, partly in section, of apreferred construction of the upper portion of` vjack of the shoesupport. Fig. l9 is a plan view, partly in section, asseen from" theline 18. Fig."20f'is a sectional .-20 of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a sectionalView on line,2121 of Fig.A 19.

. -The frame 2 of themach'ine is constructed to rest o-'n a floor and'inits upper portion 65. supports a shaft 4. The shaft is shown,see

Figs.-` 2 andv 3,as mounted ina bearing mime? which is `provided with acollar 8. The` pinned to the end of the shaft opposite.

that carrying the collar 8, While'the inner member. 16 of said clutch isVloose.` onthe shaft and is movable ,lengthwise of the -shaft toward andfromy osition to engage the outer member. The inner clutch member 16 isshown as `formed upo'n one end of the hub of the driving pullev'lS,which is continuously rotated, whilethe `other end of said hub. isformed with a circumferential groove. 20 to Vreceive a roll 22 on theiclutch-operating lever 24.v f

The clutch-operating lever 24 'ispivoted t on a stud 26 and its lowerend has connection with a rod'28, see Fig. 2, whichiis acted upon by aspring 30, inclosed ina chamber in the frame. The springO moves thelever, when permitted todo so, in the direction -for forcing the innerclutch membergl `into frictional enge'igement'- with the outer clutchmember 14, whereby the shaft is rotated. The mechanism for moving theclutch-operating lever in opposition to the action of the spring 30 forseparating the clutch'members` comprisesa slide 36, see Fig. 2,'providedlon one sidewith a roller 38 adapted to engage the inclined face-40 of ablock secured to the Ilower arm of the clutch-operating lever 24. Theslide 36 is acted upon by aspring 42 for f pressing itnormally'inthedirection for positioning the roller 38 over the low 'part of theinclined face 40, and when the roller is` in this position the spring 30acts throughy the lever 24 to force the clutch member 16 toward thecooperating clutch member 14 for `starting the machine. y furtherprovided with an outstanding luv 44, see Figs. 2 and', located inthepath o the heel of Vthe segmental shaped lowerend 48 of a lever 50.The lever is fulcrumed on a fixed stud 52 and its end opposite to thathaving the segment is connected by a rod 54 tov a foot treadle 56, seeFig. 1. The rod 54 extends through a fixed guide 58 and is surroundedabove said guide by'a spring 60, the tension fof which is adjusted by acollar 62 secured to the rod. The spring 60 is -of proper strength tohold the rod and treadle The slide is 56`1iormally elevated and thelever 50 and disk and the endof t-hel sleeve bearing 6, as

seen in Fig. 3, to take the thrustof the shaft vagainst ,the fixedmember.

Lolaoe? whenthe movable clutch member is pressed i The disk 68 isprovidediwith a crank pin 7 0 upon which is mounted a block 72, shown bydotted lines in Fig.- l and by full lines in plan view in Fig. 5. Theblock lits in a guideway in the side face of the rear arm 74 of an anglelever '75 havin @trunnions 76 mounted in bearings 78, 78 o? 'the machineframe, as shownin Figs. 1 and 4, which lat-ter figure is a sectionthrough. the hub and trunnions of the lever 7 5 and .through ,thebearings 78. The other arm 80 of the angle lever 7 5- is provided with acurved guideway, hereinafter further described, which extends the fulllengthofthe front face of the arm and is formed in cross section, asshown in Fig. 4, to receive a flanged segment-shaped blockv 82 which ispivotally attached at 84 to the rear end of a connecting link 86. Thelink is joinedat its front end by a pivot 87 to the lower arm of a:

lever 90 which is fulcrurned-on a pivot pin 92 carried by upwardly andforwardly directed extensions of the machine frame. The lever 90 aboveits pivot is forked and in the adjacent faces of its two branches 94, 94are mounted cushion blocks 96, 96 of rubber'or other suitable yieldingmaterial. The cushion blocks are preferably backed up by base pieces 97which are ,adjustable yin screwthreade'd .apertures in the branches 94,a binding screw 98 cooperating with each base piece for securing it inadjusted position, as shown in Figs. l and 8. A lever -100, which in thepresent embodiment of the invention carries the pounding-up and blockingdevices, is fulcrumed at its-lower end on the pivot pin 92 abovementioned, said lever being formed with asleeve hub 101V upon which thelever 90-is directlyv mounted, as

` shown in Fig. 8. The lever -100 has a laterally projecting portion orflange d, see Fig. 5, which extends between Ithe two cushion blocks 96carried by the. branches 94 of the lever 90. By this arrangement thelever 100 is oscillatedabout its fulcrum by the lever 90, the movementsof the lever 100 being yieldingly effected in both'directions.

The lever 10() carries the pounding-up means and the blocking means inthe il-lustrated embodiment of the invention and provision is made forvarying the length of the strokes of the lever for the purpose ofcausing said pounding-up and blocking means to act upon the work withgreater or lessforce. To this end the segment-shaped block 82, by whichthe link 86 and lever 90 are connected to the angle lever 7 5, isadjustable in the arm 8O of said angle lever for increasing ordiminishing the movement of the link 86 and thereby varying the extentor amplitude vof 'the oscillations of the carrier lever 100.

For the purpose of effecting this adjustment of the segment-shaped block82 said block is provided on its rear face with rack teeth .constructedto engagea pinion formed on the adjacent end of a shaftl 83 which is lengaged by rack teeth formedon the segr, ment-shaped lower end .'48 ofthe' lever 50 before described. The arrangement is suchv that when thelever.'50 is rocked bymeans offits connection with the Vfoottread'lev 56to permit theclutch memberstofengage, or to disengage said clutchmembers, as` heretosj fore explained; the shaft 83 will be simulftaneously rotated to raise or 'lowerthe 'seg-V ment-shaped block in its'guideway inthey In practice the segmentfshapedangle lever. blockwillpreferably stand in substantially its lowest position indicatedinvdotted lines in Fig.16vwhen the foot treadle is-elevated and theclutch members therefore disen` gaged, and in this position of the blockthe link 86, which connects thesegment-shaped block 82 with the lever90,.is approximately in alinement withthe fulcrum of the angle lever andthe pivot 87 which connectssaid.

link to'lever 90, so that little 'or no moves ment is imparted to saidlever and the carrier lever 100. When, however, the vfoot treadle isdepressed,A to move the lower"e'nd 48 of the lever 50 away from the lug44and thereby permit lthe spring 30 to cause the clutch members toengage, as` before explained, the shaft 88 will bel turned by the lever50 in the direction to raise the segmentsshaped block 82 toward. thefullline position shown in Fig. 6, thereby placing' said link 86 out ofalinement with pivot 87 and t-he axisof angle lever 75, wherebythelevers 90 and 100 will be oscillated by the angle lever. The movementrequired of the treadle and the lever 50 for permitting the machine tobe started raises the segmentt shaped block a distance suicient t-ocause the carrier-lever 100 to be oscillated through only a small arc,but-by further depressing the' treadle lever the segment-shaped blockmay? be raised to any desired position in its guideway and thevamplitude of the oscillations of the.' carrier lever increased as maybe required for the particular work in hand.

4The single foot treadle'operates to release the movable clutch memberso thatitcmay engage the coperat-ingY clutchl member and simultaneouslyto shi t ating mechanism to vary the stroke of the or adjust the seg-l.ment-shaped block 82 ofthe actuating mechi anis'm for the carrier leverysufficiently to cause a short stroke to be imparted to said carrierlever without disturbing the clutch until the treadle is again released.

It is to bey noted by reference to Figs. 1, 6, and 7 that the actuatingmechanism for the carrier lever is so arranged that the lower limit ofthe strokes imparted thereby to the carrier lever would be constant ifthe carrier lever were unyieldingly connected to said actuatingmechanism, while the upper limit of the strokes would vary as theamplitude of the levers oscillations is increased or diminished. Thisresult isjvob- -tained by so forming t'lieguideway in the' -frontface'of the arm 80 of the .angle lever` may occupy in that guideway, thecarrier lever 100 will always be moved downwardly by its actuatingmechanism to the same point, but will bemoved upwardly there- `from adistance dependent upon the position of the segment-shaped block insaidguideway. This is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 6 shows two extremepositions and an intermediate position4 of the block S2 in itsguldewayrand illustrates thatvthe 1 lower limit of the stroke of thecarrier lever is theoretically the same for each position of the block82. f Fig.- 7 illustrates corresponding positions of the block 82 whenthe anglelever is at the forward or left-hand limit of its stroke, andit may be seen yfrom this gure that the upper limit of the stroke of thecarrier lever 100 varies according toA the position ofl the block in itsguideway. It is to be understood, however, that'while' the lower'limitof the 'stroke imparted to the carrier lever by its actuatingmechanismcwould be'constant as above explained if `the carrier leverwere unyieldingly con-`- nected to said actuating mechanism, the cushionblocks 96 in practice yieldsuiii`- ciently to permit the carrier lever,when rapidly oscillated, to move below the limits of its stroke asindicated bythe stroke of its actuating mechanism, and it will of coursebe understood also that the extent of this further movement of thecarrier lever will in practice vary, being greater whenY thecarrierlever has a longy stroke than when it has a short stroke. Also byvarying the tension of the springsnor cushion blocks 96 'the extent ofthis further movement of the' carrier lever may be varied. By adjustingone of said springs 96 toward the `lever 100 and the other in theopposite direction.-

the carrier lever may be 'ralsed or lowered? .formed at such an angle tothe length of the carrier lever that the pounding-'up `means and theblocking means are automatically reciprocated in their guideways byreason of their;inertia as the carrier lever is oscillated, whereby saidpounding-up and blocking means have not only a movement with` theircarrier as it is oscillated about the pivot 92, but they each have alsoa reciprocating movement with relation to their carrier.v This lattermovement carries the pounding-up means over the shoe bottom, in thedirection from the edge of the innersole inwardly', and also carries theblocking means forwardly against the side of the shoe. It will beunderstood that the torce with which the pounding-up means andtheyblocking means are reciprocated is varied by varying the extent of theoscillatory y movements of the carrier lever 100. The

actuating mechanism above described imparts to the pounding-up means amove- .mentdownwardly toward the work and for wardly over the work,thereby effecting what may be termed a whippingv .stroke of thepounding-upmeans. It is of course within the scope of the inventiontoimpart to the pounding-up and blocking means or' either of themdifferentmovements than those herein described for the purpose ofeffect-ing their respective operationsand also to employ Vother meansthan those here shown for actuating the pounding-up and blocking mea-ns.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the pounding-up means isa hammer or device comprising a head 106 and a shank 108@` `The head isshaped as shown in end elevation in Fig.` 9 to Ifit the similarly shapedfront portion of the guideway 102,V whereby rotative movement of thepounding-up device in the guideway is prevented. The pounding-upAdevice'is arranged to reciprocate longitudinally in its guideway in thele 'verV between certain limits,v its 'rearward movement being'limitedby engagement of the shoulder 110 on .the head 106 with a ccoperatingvface 112.0f the lever, see Fig. 8, While forward movement is limited bythe angefll't of a sleeve which is adjustably m'ountedonithescrew-threaded rear end of the'shankl and secured in adjusted position;by alocking ,nut 116. Preferably a :I spring 120 is provided whichsurrounds the shank-108 and is held-(under tension between an inwardlyextended flange 121 in the wall of the guideway 102 and ashoulder 122 onthe shank. The working face of the headl06 of the pounding-up device issuit-A ably shaped to conform. approximately to the surface of theportion of the work to be pounded by it and is serrated or roughened, asshown in the drawings, to adapt it for engaging the work frictionally.The above described construction and arrangement of the pounding-updevice and the carrier lever .100 is such that the pounding-up devicewill be automatically reciprocated in the carrier lever as the latter isoscillated, the pounding-up device being moved rearwardly in the'guideway 102 .by reason of its inertia as the lever reaches the limitofits upward'stroke, this rearward movement taking place against thetension of spring 120 and varying in extent as the extent of theoscillatory movements of the lever is increased or diminished. Thepoundingup device, therefore, occupies a retracted position in itsguideway as it approaches the work on the downstroke of the carrierlever,

vand when the device' engages the work and thereby arrests the downwardmovement of the carrier lever the deviceis impelled forwardly over thework both by its inertia and by the expansion of the spring 120. It isto be noted that the springwill have been compressed by the pounding-updevice during the rearward movement of said device in its guideway` byreasonI of its inertia, thereby storingup energy which is utilized inexpanding the Aspring to accelerate the forward movement of thepounding-up device.

Themomentum with which the poundingup device moves in its rearwardstroke will thus be-util`ized in actuating said device over the shoelfor forcing the upper material inwardly away from the edge of theinnersole.

`The spring may, if desired, be arranged or adjusted to cause thepounding-up device to move forwardly in its guideway more or less whileit is moving downwardly and for- `wardly with the carrier lever aboutthe ful-p By the forward Crum 92 of said lever. movement of thepounding-up device after it has engaged the work, the upper rmateria-lon the marginal portion of the shoe bottom is forced inwardly away fromthe'edge of the innersole to take up any slack which may exist intheupper material on the bottom or side of the last adjacent to the edge ofthe Llast. The force with which the pounding-up-'device moves forwardlyover the work may be increased by addingl to the mass of the device bymeans of weights, 125,

' as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 8. vIt is to be noted that by thismeans the force of the forward movement of the pounding-up devicerelatively tothe carrierlever may be varied without appreciably alteringthe force of its .downward movement with the carrier leyer..`

' Preferably the stop 114 will be adjusted the pounding-upv -device inits guideway than will be required for taking up the slack .in-the uppermaterial, as illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13, and for the best resultsthe pounding-up device will have, by reason of the spring 120, a furtherforward movement from the work in the upstroke of the lever, whereby thepounding-up device leaves the wardly and upwardly, thus not onlyinsurplaced outwardly toward the` edge of the ingr-up device moved only'with the lever upwardlyand backwardly about the fulcrum 92 of saidlever, but also tendingto .force the upper material-farther inwardlyaway from the edge of the inner'sole.

'The blocking device comprises a head 140 and a shank 142 arranged toslide-in the guideway 104 in the carrier lever. The rearmost positionwhich the blocking device mayl occupy is determined bythe engagement ofthe face l46'on the head 140 with a 'cooperating face `148 on the lever,see Figs. 8 and 11, while its forward movement is limited by the flange150 of a collar which is adjustably mounted on the screw-threa ded endof the shank, said flange being adapted to engage with the rear side ofthe lever. The collar is secured in adjusted position by a locking` nut152. A spring 154 surL rounds the shank 142,' abutting against aninwardly projecting flange 156 on the wall of the guideway 104 andengaging at its `front end against a shoulder ontheishauk 142 to. pressthe blocking vdevice normally forward.v This construction andarrangement of the blocking device permits said device to bereciprocated automatically in the carrier lever as lthe latter isoscillated in the. same manner that the poundingeup device isreciprocated in' said lever. 154 will be compressed by the blocking de'vice during the rearward movement ofsaid device in its guideway byreason of its inertia, thereby storing up energy which is utilized inexpanding the spring to accelerate the forward movement of the blockingdevice. The momentum with which the blocking device moves in itsrearward stroke will thus be utilized for actuatingI the deviceforwardly againstthe side of the shoe for blocking-the shoe. lWeights169, see F ig. 8, may be applied to the shank 142 by means` of which theinertia of the blocking device is `increased and thereby the force ofits forward movement in the lever is varied. The head 140 of theblocking device preferably is'provided with a movably mounted ,work

shown in lFigs. '8, 10, and 13, which may face of the work by an initialmovement for- Y ninersole, as might be the case if the poundi engagingmember or con-tact piece 144,

to permit a greater forward movement of with rela-tion to the carrierlever as it rises ing that the upper material shall not be dis- Thespring l rovided with faQe166,see Figs. 8 and 13, l

ni SPlig which acts on .the `plunger ice'pref-.

y 2 0 Work enfgaged .by it.- The contactk piece r25gmitted` to slidevrearwardly in its guideway Shown .ill Figs.' 8 and 11, that" it Willnot V Preferably the pounding-updevice will 'also stantiallyall of anyslack there may be in the side of the shoe by a movement in a plane sublthe ,side of the last, see Fig.p 13. The blocki5 in Fig. 41.3.V Itivilloiceursebe understood 5 furcated",as.shown. in Fig. 110, and theadjacent walls'. Vof; V the branches thereofare providedwith curvedgrooves to receive ribs 162on'the'side of the rear portion oftheContact' fpiece.. Said .'rerportion is lalso v ormed eccentric to thecurvature `of the ribs 162, and a spring-pressed plunger168 is mountedin' the4 shank l'in position to act on the face 166 of; the y contactpiece. The

' erablyjwill 4be' 'strong enough to' 'hold the contact piece normallyin l the position shown in Figs? 8, l1', and '12, butallow it toadaptits .position tojthe contourwof the might, o coursefbe rigidlyattached to the head of the blocking device if desired.

j` In the preferred mode yof operation of thev gnachine l`the blockingdevice will be' per-V 4farther than the pounding-,up device so that4said blocking device will, during the doWnstroke of the carrier lever,occupy a position suiiiciently far back in its guide'way 104, as

I engage `the shoe until after the carrier lever y :has completed itsdownstroke and the pounding-up devicehasfiattened the upper ma?- terialdownwardly against the innersole.

first have completed or approximately completed its forward movement forforcing the upper vmaterial 'inwardly away from "the edge of theinner-sole for taking out subuppermaterial on the side or bottom of` thelast. The position of the parts at this point in the operation isillustrated in Fig. 12. The blocking device Will then engage thestantially .at right angles -to the eide of the 4shoe and deliver aquick, sharp blow to the 4 side of the shoe, the impact of the device*forcing the upper material iirmly against ing device, in coperationwiththe pound` ing-up. device, shapes the edge ofthe shoe,-

forming a'well defined angular' edge -4on thel shoe at the junction ofthe side and bottom portions of. the'- shoe acted upon by saiddevicesrespectively. It is to be notedthat `when the blocking device is` inengagement with the Work, see Fig. 13, the upper ,end of the acting faceoff 'said devicejis close to or 5o approximately in contact with theAacting face of the pounding-up device so kthat said two devicesmdld orshape' the edge ofthe shoe between them. from therounded form shown inFig. 11 tothe angular form shown that the machine .is operated at a highspeed so .that the pounding-up and blocking devicssvimpart to thework arapidsuccession of blows. f. .v p v Deviceslmare mounted at; either sideof 10 thepath ofthe `carrier lever 100 upon pivot pii'1sf172 secured inthe forwardly projecting portions `of the frame. These devices 170-serve the double function of rests for determiningthepositionof the shoewith relation to the pounding-up and blocking devices and .of smoothingirons for smoothing outany irregularities which may remain in the stockafter the action of the blocking device and also smoothing 'outanylr'uarks 80 which may have been made by the blocking device.` Eachdevice orl rest. 170 is acted upon on its sidernost.v remote from thepath of the lever by aspring-pressed plunger 174. The plungers normallyhold' said rests `535 rocked toward eachother, as shown in dotted linesin VFigflmin position togive support to the curved end portions of theshoe; but the rests are adapted to be 'rocked in the opposite direction,by pressure of the work @0f against their actingfaces, into position tovysupport iirmlythe side portions of the shoe,

"as shown in. lfull lines in said Fig. 1). It `will be noted that therests allow the shoe to be positioned farther under'the carrier' 95lever and the poundingup device when the `ends of the shoe are presentedthan when the side portions of the shoe are presented, as it isadvantageous to have'the poundingl up device act upon' the shoe bottomatt-he 100 ends of the shoe, more especially at the toe, for a greaterdistance inwardly `from the edge than is requiredat thesides of theshoe. It is also sometimes undesirable to have the blocking device actupon the shank ot' they m5 yshoe and the rests 'may be so arranged thatwhile permitting the end portions of a shoe to be positioned near enoughto the blocking device to allow said device to engageI these portions,said rests can holdthe shank por .11 tionsof the shoe out of the rangeof action of .the blocking device. w The manner in which' the rests aremounted also enables tliernnto-adapt themselves to the shape of thedifferent portions of the shoe solas ,always topresnt an extendedbearingsurface'to the' work, and as the shoe is turned to present itsdiii'erent portipns successively to the operation of the pounding-up andblocking de- A vices and is pressed against the r "rests the .,129

side of the shoe is smoothed by the rests to remove any wrinkles orcreasesbr any marks that may have been made on the upper by the "blows.of the blocking device. y'

LA novel construction and arrangement of shoe-supporting means isemployed in combination with the pounding-up and blocking means and thesame isshown in the draW- ings and will be herein fully described,"ail-y though. the shoe-supporting means' is notwl] .202,*to the outerend of internally nected to the spindle and to specifically claimedherein but is made the subject-matter of a divisional application SerialNo. 264,260, filed June 8, 1905. It will be understood that while afeature o'f thisinvention' consists in thecombination with the devicesfor operating upon the shoe, of a shoe support having certaincharacteristics adapting it particularly for supposition to be operated4tion of the shoe supporting means, except as stated in the claims, isnot essential to the invention. For sustaining the shoe-support` ingmeans the frame of the machine is herein shown as provided with an eX-tended bearing 200 in which is arranged a forwardly projectingwhich isconneoted the spindle'of the shoe support, see Figs. 1, 8, and 14. TheAsupporting bar is adjustable longitudinally in its bearing to movetheattached end of the spindle toward or from the machine, and said bar isprovided with notches 204 adapted to be engaged by a spring-pressedplunger 206, .see Figsl and 15, for securingthe bar in adjustedposition. The spindle is. shown as made in two sections 210 and 212, thesection 210 being formedV lower end `to the as a sleeve hinged at itssupporting bar 202 and' screw -threaded to receive the threaded lowerportion. of the section 212. The threads on the section 212 are providedwith shallow transverse notches 214 adapted to be engaged by the beveledend of a'springpressed plunger 216 which prevents accidental rotation ofthe section 212, but permits said section to be turned for adjusting thespindle lcmgitudinallzyv when sutlicient force is applied. The sectionv212 is shown as roughened at to enable the operator better to grasp itfor turning the section. The spindle is guided loosely through a bracket215 which is adj ustably secured inthe frame by a binding screw 217. Aspring 218 conthe frame holds'. the shoe support yieldingly, toward thema- `chine with the shoe against the rests 170m position to beoperatedvupon'. Holding means, shown as a spring-pressed pin 219 isarranged in the outer part ofthe bracket in position to engage thespindle frictionally and hold the shoe .support away from the machinewhen desired, a's, for example,

. while a shoe isbeiug removed 4from the jack and another one is beingapplied. The sec'- tion 212 of the spindle is shown' as comprising atubular body portion and solid end -pieces a and Z), the former of whichis rigidly secured to the lower end of the body portion, see Fig. 14,and is provided withP screw threads, above explained, While the endpiece see Fig. 14, is rmly att-ached to the upper end of the spindle andis formed with a yconica-l head bf. It is obvious, however,

supporting .barw groove, limits thev that the Aspindle section might beformed 4as i a single tubular or solid bar.

VThe jack which is sustained by the spindle comprises among its parts abase 220 having a depending tubular portion 222 adapted' to tit over theupper end ofk the spindle and free to turn thereon. On its upper sidethe base 22() is provided with a transversely extending curvedguidewayhaving undercut side walls, see Figs. 14 and 17, to receive thecorrespondingly shaped foot 224 of the t-runnion block 225, which isadapted to slide in the guideway. The footis provided on its lower facewith a groove' 226 to receive the projecting end of a spring-pressed pin22S. which, by engaging the ends of the sliding movement ot' thetrunnion block in the guideway. The pin is provided with `a finger piece230 by which it maybe Withdrawn from the groove 226 to permit theremoval of the trunnion block. The linger piece normally rests in thenotch 232, as shown in Figs. 14 and 17, but is permitted when properlypositioned for the purpose to it into the deeper notch 234 and thusallow the spring actuating the pin 228 Ito force the pin into a socket236 which is located in the groove 226, see Fig. 14. The finger piecemay bev thus positioned when it is `desired to lock the trunnion block225 against movement in its guideway. The trunnion block has at eitherend posts 238 in which are' formed bearings for the trunnions of hangers239, see Fig. 14. Each hanger is formed on its innerside with a guiderib two hangers is slidingly mounted the carriage 241 which supports theheel post and the forepart rest of the jack. Stops 223 are adjustablyattached tothe base piece by clamping bolts 221 in position to beengaged by the carriage for limit-ing the rocking movement of'thecarriage and hangers with relation to the trunnion block, the upperfaces of these stopslbeing curved similarly to the foot 224 of thetrunnion block, whereby to stopthe carriage uniformly in any laterallyinclined position face 'with guideways 242 lfor sliding plates `244fand245, see Fig. 19, which support respectively the forepart rest and theheel post. The guideways for the plates 244 and 245 are' shown, seeFigs. 18 and 21, as in-l clined 'upwardly from the opposite ends of thecarriage toward lthe middle thereof,\ whereby as the plates are movedtoward the middle of the carriage to adapt the forepart rest and heelpost to support ai shortshoe, said rest and post will also be raised toadapt them for the less thickness of the smaller shoe, while a movementof the plates in a direction to accommodate a'larger sho-e Willlowerthemto adapt the rest and post to the greater thickness of thelarger shoe.

which it may assume. The carriage is-pr'ovided on its upper 240 and onthe guide ribs of the l The plates 244 andl 245 are provided with Y arms246, 247, respectively, extending to- 245 are compelled to move togetherwhen adjustedtowa'rdor from'the center of the carriage for positioningthe forepart rest i and heel'postfor small. or large shoes. The

pinion 248 is shown as provided with a dee pending `stem,250, see Fig.21, mountedto move end wisefin the carriage 241 and provided on itslower end ,1 under the carriage, with aA disk 252 having serrations ornotches in 'its' upperl y:face'adapted to `tit over the beveled end ofVa pin 254fdepending from y the carriage.' The. stem 250 isencircled byay spring 256 which normally forces the pinion and its connected partsupwardly to put' the disk 252ag`ainst the pin which holds the disk andthe pinion from rotation'and therefore locks the plates 244 and'245 intheir adjusted positions with relation to each other. The pinion may bedepressed by the finger of the operatorfor forcing the disk e below theplane of the pin 254 and then the fac platesrcarr ing thefforepart restand heel post `may moved toward or'from each other asy desired to .adaptthem to the length and thickness of the size of the shoe next to beoperated upon. When thepinion is 'released and the spring 256 ispermitted to do so it raises the pinion and the attached disk 252 tobring the latter into engagement withr the pin 254 for locking the'forepart restV and heel post in' their new positions. The outwardmovement of the plates vis limitedby a stop 255 secured in the end" ofthe carriage in position to be" engaged by" the y plate 245, seeV Figs.1 18, and 19. Stops 257 and259'are also provided on the plates 244 and245 to coperate with lugs 261 on the'hangers239,- see particularly Fig.l, for

limitingthe sliding movement of the car- -riageja'ndfparts supportedthereby with reflation" to the4 hangers.- Thel forepart rest issupported' inai vertical arm 260, which rises vfrom the outer end 4ofthe plate 244, see Figs. 18 and 20,. and'has screw-threaded engage mentwith'a' cap piece 262 .which may be adbyrotation to change lthe electiveength of the arm. The forepart rest comprisesfa-'pad |265 ,which may beof any suit able construction and is securedto the head l266 ofthe stem268. The head reets upon the upper face of the cap piece 262 lits intoasocket in the arm 260, see Fig. 20, and is'engaged .by a screw 263, Fig.I9, whereby theforepart rest is held from axial `iniovernent withoutinterfering 'with vits. l'ongtudinall adjustment.

The forepart rest may be .vertically ad` and theV stem has anon-circular lowerportion which ijustcd, independently of the heel post7by turning the cap piece 262, anda spring, pressed locking pin 267having a blunt bev-z eled end, as shown in Fig. 20, is mounted in thecap piece in position to engage inpshallow recesses 269` in thenon-rotatable stem for securing the cap piece in its adjusted position.The .heel post is mounted on a vertical arm 270 which 'rises' from theouter end of the plate 245, and the pin- 275 which enters the usual pinhole, of the last is secured to a base piece 272 whichy is pivotallyconnected, at the inner orl front side of the pin, with the arm 270.The' base piece is engaged on the other or rear side of the pin 4275 bya spring-pressed plunger 27441501' holding the pin yieldingly tippedtowardy the forepart restrand the orepart/ of the shoe thereforepressed'downwardly against vthe forepart rest with force suiiicient to.hold the shoe firmly in position on the jack.

It will be understood that with' the above construction of the shoesupporting means* ladjust-ed longitudinally to raise or lower the Jackfor\causing the work to be engaged .by the pounding-up device earlier orlater in the descentl of the carrier lever 100, and

- the jack itself may be turnedfreely about the 'spindle to present thediderent sides of the shoe tothe poundingup and blocking:r devices.'.The jack also may be rocked or tipped in a direction lengthwise of theshoe by a movementof the hangers 239 on their trunnions, and may betipped or rocked transversely of the shoe by the movement of thetrunnion block ,225 in the base 220. By these universal rocking ortipping 1novements theI different portions of the bottom of the shoe maybe presented at the :desired angles to the action of the operatingdevices. The stop 223 cbperatng with the rear end of thecarriage may bepositioned for stopping'the carriage, as shown in Fig. 8, with the toeyof the shoe at the desired. inclination to the' oundingup device, andthe workman w1ll thus be relieved of the labor `oi hold'ing the shoe inthis position. `The carriagevwlll in 'practice be givenl aslidingmovement Ain the hangers 239 during the operation of the machine to movethe slice relativelyto the spindle so that the points with. the workshall be always substantially over the end of the spindle, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 8. The spindle may, therefore, be maintainedat all times `substantiall'y in alinenent with the pounding-up deviceand of., engagement yof the pounding-up device the 'supporting bar 202,so that the works/u,

' is firmly supported and there-is no tendency adjust the jack veryquicklyto the length 'l0 v)and thickness of the shoe to be operated.

upon and the locking device 252 automatically securesboth the forepartrest and heelpost in adjusted position as soon as the' operator releasessaid device.

" 15 In the operation of the machine, the sev-` eral parts having beenproperly adjusted, a shoe on its last will be applied to the shoesupport, by placing the heel of the last upon the heel pin' and thenraising the forepart of vthe shoe and swinging it into position upon theforepart rest,- as shown in Figs.

8 and 18, the spring-pressed plunger 274- connected with the heel post'thereafter holding the shoe with'its forepart pressed firmly down uponthe rest 265. The shoe support, which preferably is' held away from themachine' by the engagement lof. the

springholder 219 with the spindle when no Y shoe is being operated upon,will now; be moved toward the machine to free it from the holder and toplace the shoe against the4 rests 170 in position to be acted upon bythe pounding-up and blocking means inthe carrier lever 100. The foottreadle '56 will now be depressed to withdraw the lower end 48 of thelever 50 from the lug 4 4 on the slide 36 and permit the spring 42 tomove the slide for releasing the clutch-operating lever 24, whereuponthe spring 30 will rock said 40 llever to slide themovable clutch member16 into engagement with the fixed clutch member. This movement of thefoot treadle and lever 50 will also turn the shaft 8,3 and .therebymove-the segment-shaped block 82 upwardly in its guideway in the arm 80of the angle lever 75 from its lowermost position in said guideway,which preferably will be an approximately neutral point with relation tothe aXis of oscillation of the angle lever, to a. position in theguideway at which a short stroke will 4be imparted to said block-andthrough its connections 86 and/90 'to the carrier lever 100. lf a longerstroke of the carrierlever is desired the foot 5treadle will be furtherdepressed withoutaifecting the clutch, and by moving thefoot trcadlevdown and up between the point at which the engagement of the clutchmembersisieft'ected and the maximum depression m of the treadle anydesired extent of oscillation of thecarrier/lever may be obtained. Inthese different adjustments of the actuating mechanism the carrier leverrises to a greater heightas its amplitude of oscillation increases', butdescend/'s to a'position'which .ing a retracted position in its fartherback in a ing-up device, Vas illustrated in 4igs. 8 andA 90 devices.

the upper-'material inwardly is approximately constant, as heretoforeexplained, said position varying only as the springs or cushion blocks96, yield more or less.

As the carrier lever in its oscillation completes its ,upward .strokeand its direction of movementis reversed the pounding-I up device andthe blocking device slide rearwardly in theirI guideways by reason of.their inertia and the carrier lever therefore descends with each ofthese devices occupyguideway. By adjusting the spring 120 to cause it tomove the pounding-up device forwardly in its guideway during thedownstroke of the so carrier lever the direction of the blow-deliveredto 4thevvork by the pounding-up device may be varied. Preferably and asherein shown, the blocking Adevice is arranged to have a greatermovement in its 85, guideway than has the pounding-up device so thatthev blocking device occupies during the descent of the carrier lever aposition the lever than the poundll. The downward stroke of the carrierlever is in practice limited bythe contact of the pounding-up devicewith the-Shoe bottom, and the pounding-up device and the blocking deviceis each in its guideway by its inertia as the downward stroke ofthecarrier lever is arrested,

and this forward movement is accelerated by the springs 120 and 154acting on said The, forward movement of the pounding-up devic'e carriesit over the shoe bottom 'in' the direction. for forcingaway yfrom theedge of the innersole and thereby taking `,up all slack there may be inthe upper mate-v 10.5 rial, either on the bottom of the last or on itsiside adjacent to the edge/of the last. By reason of this forwardmovement o f the pounding-up device over the shoe bottoml in addition toits downward movement upon I A the shoe said pounding-up device not onlyliattens the upper material down so asy to form an even surface for theoutersole, butf also forces the upper material firmly into contact. withthe bottom and the side'of the 115 last near the edge, whereby the upperis' fitted snugly to the last at these places.l The blocking device,having moved rearwardly ,farther vin its guideway than the, pounding-updevice when the upward movement of the carrier 'lever was reversed, hasto slide forwardly a greater distance before it comes into contact withthe shoe than the pounding-up device slides. The pounding-up device,therefore, preferably completes or substantially completes its forwardstroke for forcing the upper.inwardly away from theedge of the innersolebefore the blocking device comes into engagement with lthe side of' theshoe. Then as the 130 impelled forwardly 9 5 blockingv device advancesby reason of its inertia and valso the pressure of the spring 154, itdelivers a slarp, quick blow to the side of the shoe. \By thesemovements the blocking device blocks the side of the shoe and 'coperateswith the pounding-up device in shaping the edge of the shoe, forming, asherein shown, `a sharply defined angular edge in place of the roundededge which is usually found on a shoe before the blocking andpounding-up operatioris` are performed.

As the carrier lever rises and lifts the poundingfup device ffrom theshoe bottom the spring 12() preferably forces the device 4fartherdownwardly in the carrier lever 'so that the pounding-up 4device leavesthe work by a movement upwardly andforwardly away from the edge of theshoe, and therefore has no tendency to slaclten Lthe upper material by`drawing it toward the. edge of the last, as might be the case if theponndingmp device moved entirely with the carrier vlever .upwardly andVbackwarzflly 'It is to be noted that the duration of the engagement ofthe pounding-up and blocking devices with the. 4work maybefvariedbyraisi'ng or lowering the jack to cause the devices to engage the workearlier or later in the downstrolre of the carrier lever, the cushionblocks or springs 96 yielding to per` mit the relative movement of thecarrier lever andthe forked lever While the' stroke of.` the latteriscompleted, as illustrated inFigs. 11 and 12. The time during which thepounding-up and blocking de` vices shall remainin engagement "with theWork'may also be varied by adjusting the cushion blocks 961:0 raise orlower the stroke of the carrier lever,- although the V adjustment of thecushion blocksv isintended' primarily for varying rthe tension of saidblocks and for compensating for wear of --z4=5 The workman holdsthe shoefirmly against the rests 170 during the operation of the ma.

` chine, being assisted in doing this -by the" spring 218 and turns theshoe and Vjack on the-spindle to present thedilferent portions of theshoe to 'the pounding-upand block ing devices. The rests smooth the'sideof theslioe as the latteris turned WhileQheldjQ pressed against them,their pivotal connec` tion withl their supports permitting them toadapt' themselves to the shape of the different portions of the shoe andpresent thereto always any extended bearing surface. The livorkijnanalso.` tips" theshoe in the jack to present the dierent portions at theproper angle to the poundingfup kdevice and by sliding the, shoe andcarriage v2&1 in the hangers 239 he may alwaysmaintainthe spindleinsubstantially upright position in ,approxif j ,mate alinement "tvvatlysupport. and the 4notatie? poundingmp Adevice while every part of the4the amplitude of the oscillations of the car.-

rier lever as the different portions of the shoe are presented tothepounding-up and y blocking devices, for harder blows of said devicesmay be required on one portionof y the shoe than are'desirable on otherportions.

It will of course be. understood that many` features of this inventionmay be embodied in machines `which do not include mechanism'forperforming both the pounding-up operation and the blocking operation,and

that, therefore, the invention fisl not limited to machines forperforming bothfof these operations.; also that-substantially differentmechanismsfrom those herein described for performing the blockingoperation or the s pounding-up operation, or both operations,

form, I ,claim asnevy and desire to secure by.'

Letters Patent of the-United States l. A machine of the class describedhav? ing, in combination, devices constructed arid arranged to engagethe upper on the bottom and side of a' shoe substantially to its edge,

may be used which will come Within threln' tended and reasonable scopeof the claims in' and automatic actuating means `for causing saiddevices i.to form` the upper 4against the innersole and side' off thelast and to shape the` edge of the shoe. l

2. In a machine .of the class described, the" `confibination withdevices for engaging `the upper onthebottom land the` side of a shoe,

of mitomatic actuating means) for moving" 'said devices lfirst togetherandthen relatively-to shape the edge'of the shoe. 1

3`. A 1nachine of the class described having, infcbmbination', devicesfor Iengaging vcontiguous portions of upperniatcriah on thel bottom vandside '.of a shoe;i an automatic actuating means for causing said devicesto force said yportions respectively `'de awnwardly andinwardlywitlrrelation to 4the last for shaping the edge of the shoe.

4L' In a machine of the class described, the combination withpounding-up means, ofuactuating mechanism for moving saidineans towardand away from thework, said mech- `.an`isn 1 being constructed andarrangedto limpart tothe pounding-up means a whipping [stroke in` a`path having its major axis eX tendingmin a general direction of theplane of theworl, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination withpounding-up'ineans, of mechanism for actuating said pounding-up meansinto and vout of engagement with' the work, and other means for movingsaid pounding-up means forwardly over the workbsaid other means beingai'ranged to produce movement of the pounding-upmeans over the workafter the movement into engagement with xthe work has termil hated.

i the work.. l

7. In ajmachine of the class described,

y pounding-up means and actuating'mecha- 25 msm, comprising a yieldingelement, for moving said pounding-up means in one directionuntil it 'hasengaged with the work and the'n also yieldingly in a direction at anangle to the direction of its rst movement and then away from the worlg.c

8. In a machine ofthe class described, pounding-up -means and actuatingmechanismfor moving said pounding-up` means downwardly into engagementwith the work, then yieldingly forward over the work, and then forwardlyand upwardly laway from the work.

9. In a 4machine of theclass described., .the combination withpounding-up means and mechanism for moving said pounding-up Ameanstowardand from the work, of other means for actuating fs'aid pounding-up means`forwardlywhile gin, engagement with the work, whereby the' uppermaterial yis forcedinwardly away from theV edge of the innersole, saidactuating means being` arrangedforfurther moving said pounding..

up means forwardly while it is leaving the work. ,A

10. A machine of the lclass described, com-` prising .pounding-'up meansand a'ct-uating mechanism' for Vmoving said pounding-up means toward andfrom thework' said actuating mechanism including yielding means `foractuating the pounding-up means for- :Wardlyes-it moves away from thework:

111; In a machine of the class described... -the combinationwwith apounding-up de-. vice, off actuating means for movingv the pounding-updevice downwardly and forwardly toward the 'wo-rk, said actuatingvmea-ns .being arranged to allow the intertiaJ f .0f the .pounding-updevice to impart toit f additional. forward movement. I

the combination with pounding-up means,

of mechanism for actuating said poundingup means downwardly andforwardly into engagement i' with the work and then yieldingly actuatingit further forwardly'. over the work.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination of4 pounding-upmeans and mechanism for actuating said .pound- Atoward the innersole,said deviceibeing also arranged for movement 1n the carrier and, withrelation to the said vactuating meansat an angle to thedirection of thecarrier v movement for-forcing the upper material invardly away from theedge of the innerso e. y

15. In a machine of the classidescribed, the combination withlpounding-up means and a carrier therefor, of actuating mechanism formoving the carrier and poundingup `means together toward .and from thevwork and moving the'pounding-up means relatively to the carrier over thework.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combinationnwith apounding-up device of an'oscillating carrier provided with. aguideway-to receive the Apounding-up de-I vice, a spring for pressingthe pounding-up device forwardly in its guideway, and means foractuatingthe carrierto move the pounding-up device toward and from thework.

17. A machine for conforming Ithe marginal portion of an upper. toalast, compris. fing pounding-up means, a carrier therefor, and actuatingmechanism for moving said pounding-up means Itoward and from the work,said actuating mechanism including yielding means for moving thepoundingup means forwardly with relation to its carrier when the carriermoves away from the work. 4 n 18.. In a machine of the class described,the combination with pounding-up means, of. actuating mechanismtherefor, said actuating mechanism comprising means 'for moving thepoundingzup means toward and from the work, gand adjustable means foractuating the pounding-up .means forwardly during its movementdownwardly toward the work whereby the direction of the blows deliveredto the work may be varied.

19. In a machinecf the class described, I.

